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JoeyS wrote:When it gets hard to turn, I put it under hot running water and switch it through the settings several times and it frees up nicely. It may be a little stiffer now, but I think that can be a good thing; it prevents you from accidentally bumping it to turbo and not realizing it, resulting in a dead battery.
shibumi wrote:JoeyS wrote:I put a drop of light machine oil on mine and thus far have not had any problems (8 months). I believe, though I am not 100% positive, that the Sten uses a magnetic switch so the switch lever does not actually go through the body of the light, so no seal is needed? That is my recollection.
Dwight Livingston wrote:Their official recommendation is to hold the light under running water and work the switch. That has worked for me. Back when I got the light I worried the switch was going to get more and more stiff with use. I've found instead that the stiffness comes and goes. It has never gotten to so bad I couldn't operate the lamp.
I wouldn't use oil, as it tends to capture dust and grit.
Dwight
nordicjw wrote:
Glad running two sten was mentioned, I've been thinking about that. Any comments about your experience with it?
nordicjw wrote:That would require removing the back of the unit, and that would most likely void the warranty. I seem to remember a post somewhere about a caver trying to reverse the switch to the opposite side, I believe he ended up with problems.
nordicjw wrote:That would require removing the back of the unit, and that would most likely void the warranty. I seem to remember a post somewhere about a caver trying to reverse the switch to the opposite side, I believe he ended up with problems.
nordicjw wrote:That would require removing the back of the unit, and that would most likely void the warranty.
David wrote:The lubricant we use is marine molybdenium disulfide (moly lube) grease.
Not very much of it is required, we put a dab on the ball bearing, some on
the underside of the rear, and some on the inside of the slider.
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